Is Direct3D 10 supported in Metro-style app

Question

I browse this forum and find Direct3D 10 is not mentioned. Instead, Direct2D and Direct3D 11 are listed here (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464945.aspx). So I am concerned whether D3D 10 is supported.

Answer 1

That documentation is accurate: only Direct3D 11 is supported for Metro style apps.

From a hardware requirements point of view, D3D 11 can target down to D3D 9 hardware.

--Rob

Answer 2

That's too bad. I've just learned D3D10, and now have to learn D3D11.

Answer 3

Isn't D3D11 mostly an extension to D3D10? That is - same stuff + additional APIs (compute shaders, tesselation etc.)?

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Filip Skakun

Answer 4

Are you sure that D3D11 is an extension to D3D10? If it is, that's what I really hope D3D11 to be. Thanks Filip.

Answer 5

I have not worked too much with these technologies, but from what I remember - in some scenarios you would simply rename all interfaces from to replace 10 with 11 and it would look the same.

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Filip Skakun

Answer 6

You can get an overview of the changes in the Migrating to Direct3D 11 documentation.

--Rob

Answer 7

Hi Lenoard, there's not much difference between DX10 and DX11. With DX11 some of the names have been changed to reflect the updated interface, but basically it's all the same. A DX10 app should compile fine for DX11 hardware (but not Metro).  You can install the DX SDK on a Win8 machine and compile the samples. They should run on the desktop.

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Ron